Australia’s main industries were the mining of coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold and silver, along with farming.
Capital Canberra
Language English
Currency Australian dollar
Australia: National Information
- National Archives of Australia
- Archives around Australia
- Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Dictionary of Australian Biography
- Gazetteer of Australia
- National Library of Australia
- National Library of Australia - Trove - archived resources
- National Picture Library of Australia
- White Pages Online
- Society of Australian Genealogists
- AustraliaGenWeb Project
- Australian Family History Online Resources
- Cora Nun's Australian Gateway
- Genealogy Links
- Oz Gen Online
- Nationwide Links
- The Census in Australia
- The Bushranger Site
- Netherlands to Australia: 1606 to 2006
- FTF Online Magazine: Research Guide
Birth, Marriage and Death
- Ancestry: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
- Ancestry:Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
- Ancestry:Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949
- What You Can Expect To See on A Historical Australian BMD Certificate
- Australian BMD Certificate Exchange Site
- Contact Addresses for Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages
- FTF Guide: Certificates: International
Cemeteries
- FTF Guide: Cemeteries Online
Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists
- V*I*R*T*U*A*L Immigration Wall of Honour
- Irish Famine Memorial database: Famine Orphan Girls
- FTF Guide: Emigration and Immigration
Military History
- FTF Guide: Military and Maritime
- ANZACs
- Military Historical Society of Australia
- Australians at War
- Australians in the Boer War
- Mapping our ANZACs
- Australian Naval History
- World War 2 Nominal Roll
- Lest We Forget: Virtual Australian WW1 Museum
- RAAF Casualty Database
- FTF Guide: War Memorials ANZACS
Newspapers
- Australian Newspaper Directory
- The Ryerson Index Contemporary death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers
- Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project
- Alphabetical List of Archived Magazines
- The Olden Times
Australian Capital Territory
- Office of Regulatory Services: Births Deaths & Marriages
- Hidden Canberra
- The Canberra History Group
- Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra
New South Wales
- NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
- New South Wales Government State Archives
- NSW Family History Document Service
- NSW land name indexes online
- Transcription Agent for NSW BMD Certificates
- The Historic Houses Trust
- Forensic photography archive within the Justice & Police Museum
- Abermain Heritage Preservation Society
- Bellingen GenWeb Pages
- Braidwood Gaol Admissions 1856-1899
- Great North Road Convict Trail
- Gresford Historical Society
- Hunter Valley Genealogy
- Hunter Valley and Newcastle ancestor database
- Hunter Valley History Connection
- Lord Howe Island
- Manly Families
- Milton Ulladulla Local & Family History
- Monaro Pioneers
- FTF Online Magazine: Sydney
- History and Genealogy of Greater Sydney
- City of Sydney Assessment Books 1845-1948. Large PDF files to download, searchable for names. Includes ward maps.
- Sydney Benevolent Asylum - Admissions & Discharges 1857-1900
- The Sydney Morning Herald Archives
- Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society
Northern Territory
From 1926 to 1931, Central Australia existed as a separate territory, before being reincorporated into the Northern Territory.
Queensland
- Queensland State Archives
- Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Queensland Family History Society
- Central Queensland Family History Society
- Queensland Genealogy Pages
- Queenland Historical Society
- Queensland Place Names
- Queensland Photographs
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Queensland Prison and Penal Historical Association
- Newspaper Transcripts from The Queenslander
- History of Brisbane from Statehood to Federation
- Digital Nambour Chronicle
South Australia
- State Records of South Australia
- South Australia Family History Society
- 1841 Census of South Australia
- South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society
- The Manning Index Newspaper and Magazine Transcriptions 1837-1937
- South Australia Genealogy Links
- Murray River Heritage
Tasmania
- Archives Office of Tasmania
- Tasmanian Family History Service
- Tasmanian Name Index
- Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database
- Cascades Female Factory
- Female Convict Factories
- Port Arthur
Victoria
- Public Record Office Victoria
- Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages: Historical Research
- Parish and Township Plans
- Locating and Copying Ships' Passenger Lists
- Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997
- The Genealogical Society of Victoria
- Melbourne City Museum and The Gold Rush
- Cornish Association of Victoria
- Ballarat and District Genealogical Society
- Bellarine Peninsula and Geelong & District
- Yarram Genealogy Group
- Yarra Plenty Local History Blog
- Yarra Plenty Genealogy
Western Australia
- State Records of Western Australia
- Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- State Library of W.A.
- Western Australian Museum
- Parliament of Western Australia
- Historical Encyclopedia of WA
- Western Australian Post Office Directories 1893-1949
- Western Australian Genealogical Society
- Outback Family History
- Western Australia Marriage index 1906-1953
- Australind
- Freemantle Prison Convict Database
- Perth Dead Persons Society
Australian Territories
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Australian Antarctic Territory
Norfolk Island
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Heard and McDonald Islands
Norfolk Island
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Heard and McDonald Islands
Requests for Research and Photographs in this area
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers section of Site Projects, accessed via the links on the home page.
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